A library should not be treated as an entertainment center. A library should be a place of learning. And a place of learning is not easily replaced by for-profit Forbes-approved commercial retailers.
However, libraries are also the gateway to people becoming lifelong book readers as well. If there were no libraries then the market for books would be much lower. Most libraries aren't keeping around only the best sellers, they have a lot of obscure books, older books, technical resources, and stuff that's out of print.
Libraries are also free. This is of great importance for poorer people, including students. Of course, Forbes probably doesn't care about those people.
Possibly. I have found that there aren't as many people spoiling TV shows at work anymore. The biggest spoilers tend to come from entertainment media when they mention that an actor has left a series or such. But even that isn't as common as it once was, word has gotten out that people aren't all watching the same shows on the same days. Avoid the fan groups on social media though.
I watch Walking Dead, and it has major spoiler material. One spoiler seemed to have shown up even before an episode aired, or at least the same week. Turned out it was a bit of a surprise anyway. But a spoiler that soon would have affected people who merely use a DVR to delay watching by a few days. Anyway, I watch the seasons a year to a year and a half late and it all works out just fine.
There are also false spoilers, things that you think are spoilers but aren't, because they're lies or it doesn't mean what you think, etc. I've had books and shows where i fully expect a character to die because of some spoiler and then it doesn't actually happen.
Anyway, if feel you need to subscribe a full hear to HBO just to avoid spoilers, then that's your money. I value mine a lot more but then I'm a cheap bastard.
There are indeed people who have internet but who do not watch television at all. It's a bit unfair to them that "media" companies are the ones in charge of internet in most places of the US. The only reason cable companies have internet is because they're the ones who paid for the cables that later became important to getting internet to the home. I'd prefer if the cable companies were split into two, the media part and the cable part.
I don't mind all the sports viewers sticking to cable. If everybody switch to streaming at the same time it would be highly disruptive; even more so than now the programs would be dividied up between major players, you'd get the bit content producers all making their own exclusive streaming channels. Right now the streaming services can't fly under the radar anymore but they're still not so common that that traditional cable and content owners are in a full blown panic. I'd like them to get more time to get used to the idea, otherwise we'll end up with something like the divided gaming world, with xbox vs playstation exclusivities, declining quality, etc.
I like that Netflix is producing and funding some of its own shows, there's some good stuff in there that never would have happened under the old model. They're funding some good foreign series and films too. Of course not all is great there, but there is some very good stuff with an indie feel to it all. I don't necessarily like that it's exclusive though, or that competing services have their own exclusive shows. Maybe after a year they can share the shows with others?
"Cord cutting" to me alway sort of implied cutting the umbilical cord and becoming an independent adult. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind if the phrase changed to become "unshackling the chain".
You can watch past episodes, or does HBO not keep around old shows for streaming when you subscribe to their streaming service? If not, then Amazon lets you stream Game of Thrones. Sure, not the latest season, but it's not hard at all to be a season behind those who haven't cut the cord.
Binging doesn't have to take that much time in marathon settings. Ie, 3 episodes a weekend for a months is longer than most British television seasons. Or you can do five episodes a week and be caught up on most American televisions seasons in a month. The trick is to not binge more than one thing at a time, and to learn a bit of patience so that you don't need to watch everything. You can stretch to 2 months if needed, but you don't need to subscribe to a full year of HBO just to watch one season of Game of Thrones.
Ie, back with my satellite and tivo, I would have 5 different shows a week, one episode each, and maybe some movies. If I waited too long the tivo might overflow. Then it would be one week to see the next episode, and by then I would be fuzzy on some details already, especially fuzzy on what happend 6 episodes ago. After cord cutting, I can watch the same amount of TV but get caught up on one show at a time and then move to the next. More like reading a book from beginning to end before starting the next book.
Also, but cutting the cord to cable and satellite, the consumer is effectively saying "I don't need all that stuff, I can get by with less!" The next step is then keeping up that attitude and deciding if you really NEED to watch all those shows or not. I used to think I would subscribe to Hulu, but I never actually did, I just don't watch current seasons of traditional TV shows anymore. It helps that there aren't as many people in the office who give spoilers like they used to in the past when everyone watched the same show on the same day.
You can avoid the nickle and diming by cutting back too. When you add up the cost to watch just a single show, then it's easier to decide that $5 an episode is too much. You can also game this by only subscribing periodically, say you want to catch up on Game of Thrones, then just subscribe for a month and binge watch it.
I did find that by cutting the cord I did end up watching less TV overall. Sure, I binged on some shows, but because I could watch on demand and not worry that my tivo was going to overflow I think that my average hours watching went down, and some shows I just stopped watching. Never mind that the main reason I cut the cord was because I just wasn't watching as much TV as I used to.
Single, and 200GB cap is plenty for me. I don't constantly stream though, but even binge watching a show I've never hit more than 150GB (gigabyte, I hope you don't have 200 gigaBIT cap).
So ya, families tend to watch more, but then parents do have opportunities to cut back on the kid's television hours. But if you've got three services, then maybe you haven't really been weaning yourself off of TV much? Hulu seems like a complete redundancy if you've got both netflix and amazon and don't need to watch the current season of your TV shows. But it is a bit like giving up smoking, just needs a lot of willpower.
$39.99 for internet only when I just checked, but not available in my area. When it advertises as fiber to the door, you really do need to have fiber very close to your door.
And desktops are cheaper, so more bang for th buck. For me, I don't really need a laptop. At work they give me one and it's handy to allow me to work during boring meetings, but overall I don't need to be "mobile" with my computer.
$150K is still not a typical starting salary in for programmers Silicon Valley. I'd expect that to be more common in a reasonable job for someone with10 years experience. For entry level the person is a complete unknown though with no graduate school, that's way too high to start with, except for a few companies with more cash than brains.
There is a snag here though. What people report as good salaries rise faster than the typical yearly raise or rate of inflation. So if you're getting a decent 5% raise each year you may not be able to catch up. So people usually get the biggest boost in pay by changing jobs, because then the pay rise isn't limited to a certain percentage. Which is counter productive because it makes it hard to keep employees or get them caught up in pay.
There are not 496 million NEST devices out there. Not all IoT devices are alike, most are very different from each other, they don't use a common operating system at all. So where did this 496 million number come from?
For every OS, you need to do this safely. The USB drive may be in the middle of erasing a page, copying data, etc. If it's removed accidentally, well then maybe you're safe. But to do this on purpose is foolish.
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A library should not be treated as an entertainment center. A library should be a place of learning. And a place of learning is not easily replaced by for-profit Forbes-approved commercial retailers.
Sometimes the best parts of the libraries are the old out of print books that no one has checked out in years.
However, libraries are also the gateway to people becoming lifelong book readers as well. If there were no libraries then the market for books would be much lower. Most libraries aren't keeping around only the best sellers, they have a lot of obscure books, older books, technical resources, and stuff that's out of print.
Libraries are also free. This is of great importance for poorer people, including students. Of course, Forbes probably doesn't care about those people.
Possibly. I have found that there aren't as many people spoiling TV shows at work anymore. The biggest spoilers tend to come from entertainment media when they mention that an actor has left a series or such. But even that isn't as common as it once was, word has gotten out that people aren't all watching the same shows on the same days. Avoid the fan groups on social media though.
I watch Walking Dead, and it has major spoiler material. One spoiler seemed to have shown up even before an episode aired, or at least the same week. Turned out it was a bit of a surprise anyway. But a spoiler that soon would have affected people who merely use a DVR to delay watching by a few days. Anyway, I watch the seasons a year to a year and a half late and it all works out just fine.
There are also false spoilers, things that you think are spoilers but aren't, because they're lies or it doesn't mean what you think, etc. I've had books and shows where i fully expect a character to die because of some spoiler and then it doesn't actually happen.
Anyway, if feel you need to subscribe a full hear to HBO just to avoid spoilers, then that's your money. I value mine a lot more but then I'm a cheap bastard.
There are indeed people who have internet but who do not watch television at all. It's a bit unfair to them that "media" companies are the ones in charge of internet in most places of the US. The only reason cable companies have internet is because they're the ones who paid for the cables that later became important to getting internet to the home. I'd prefer if the cable companies were split into two, the media part and the cable part.
I don't mind all the sports viewers sticking to cable. If everybody switch to streaming at the same time it would be highly disruptive; even more so than now the programs would be dividied up between major players, you'd get the bit content producers all making their own exclusive streaming channels. Right now the streaming services can't fly under the radar anymore but they're still not so common that that traditional cable and content owners are in a full blown panic. I'd like them to get more time to get used to the idea, otherwise we'll end up with something like the divided gaming world, with xbox vs playstation exclusivities, declining quality, etc.
I like that Netflix is producing and funding some of its own shows, there's some good stuff in there that never would have happened under the old model. They're funding some good foreign series and films too. Of course not all is great there, but there is some very good stuff with an indie feel to it all. I don't necessarily like that it's exclusive though, or that competing services have their own exclusive shows. Maybe after a year they can share the shows with others?
My brother went quite a few years using only Netflix DVDs, with no cable, satellite, or broadcast. It really was a good and cost effective service.
"Cord cutting" to me alway sort of implied cutting the umbilical cord and becoming an independent adult.
On the other hand, I wouldn't mind if the phrase changed to become "unshackling the chain".
You can watch past episodes, or does HBO not keep around old shows for streaming when you subscribe to their streaming service? If not, then Amazon lets you stream Game of Thrones. Sure, not the latest season, but it's not hard at all to be a season behind those who haven't cut the cord.
Binging doesn't have to take that much time in marathon settings. Ie, 3 episodes a weekend for a months is longer than most British television seasons. Or you can do five episodes a week and be caught up on most American televisions seasons in a month. The trick is to not binge more than one thing at a time, and to learn a bit of patience so that you don't need to watch everything. You can stretch to 2 months if needed, but you don't need to subscribe to a full year of HBO just to watch one season of Game of Thrones.
Ie, back with my satellite and tivo, I would have 5 different shows a week, one episode each, and maybe some movies. If I waited too long the tivo might overflow. Then it would be one week to see the next episode, and by then I would be fuzzy on some details already, especially fuzzy on what happend 6 episodes ago. After cord cutting, I can watch the same amount of TV but get caught up on one show at a time and then move to the next. More like reading a book from beginning to end before starting the next book.
Also, but cutting the cord to cable and satellite, the consumer is effectively saying "I don't need all that stuff, I can get by with less!" The next step is then keeping up that attitude and deciding if you really NEED to watch all those shows or not. I used to think I would subscribe to Hulu, but I never actually did, I just don't watch current seasons of traditional TV shows anymore. It helps that there aren't as many people in the office who give spoilers like they used to in the past when everyone watched the same show on the same day.
You can avoid the nickle and diming by cutting back too. When you add up the cost to watch just a single show, then it's easier to decide that $5 an episode is too much. You can also game this by only subscribing periodically, say you want to catch up on Game of Thrones, then just subscribe for a month and binge watch it.
I did find that by cutting the cord I did end up watching less TV overall. Sure, I binged on some shows, but because I could watch on demand and not worry that my tivo was going to overflow I think that my average hours watching went down, and some shows I just stopped watching. Never mind that the main reason I cut the cord was because I just wasn't watching as much TV as I used to.
Single, and 200GB cap is plenty for me. I don't constantly stream though, but even binge watching a show I've never hit more than 150GB (gigabyte, I hope you don't have 200 gigaBIT cap).
So ya, families tend to watch more, but then parents do have opportunities to cut back on the kid's television hours. But if you've got three services, then maybe you haven't really been weaning yourself off of TV much? Hulu seems like a complete redundancy if you've got both netflix and amazon and don't need to watch the current season of your TV shows. But it is a bit like giving up smoking, just needs a lot of willpower.
$39.99 for internet only when I just checked, but not available in my area. When it advertises as fiber to the door, you really do need to have fiber very close to your door.
What do friends have to do with sitting alone in a recliner watching sports on TV?
And desktops are cheaper, so more bang for th buck. For me, I don't really need a laptop. At work they give me one and it's handy to allow me to work during boring meetings, but overall I don't need to be "mobile" with my computer.
$150K is still not a typical starting salary in for programmers Silicon Valley. I'd expect that to be more common in a reasonable job for someone with10 years experience. For entry level the person is a complete unknown though with no graduate school, that's way too high to start with, except for a few companies with more cash than brains.
There is a snag here though. What people report as good salaries rise faster than the typical yearly raise or rate of inflation. So if you're getting a decent 5% raise each year you may not be able to catch up. So people usually get the biggest boost in pay by changing jobs, because then the pay rise isn't limited to a certain percentage. Which is counter productive because it makes it hard to keep employees or get them caught up in pay.
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There are not 496 million NEST devices out there. Not all IoT devices are alike, most are very different from each other, they don't use a common operating system at all. So where did this 496 million number come from?
Of course. Good luck knowing if the USB drive you have is well designed or not.
The solid state USB drives essentially have their own mini OS that controls things. You have to give that a chance to get to a reliable state.
For every OS, you need to do this safely. The USB drive may be in the middle of erasing a page, copying data, etc. If it's removed accidentally, well then maybe you're safe. But to do this on purpose is foolish.
Violent threats have always been a crime in most countries. In the US this is called a "criminal threat".
But if the debit card is stolen, then you can lose more money than what is normally carried in a wallet as cash.